[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23942-23943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3870]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION:  Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the National Earthquake 
Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a meeting. The meeting 
location is the U.S. Geological Survey, Building 3, Conference Room C, 
345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025. The Committee is comprised 
of members from academia and the Federal government. The Committee 
shall advise the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on 
proposed earthquake predictions, on the completeness and scientific 
validity of the available data related to earthquake predictions, and 
on related matters as assigned by the Director.
    The Committee, which was recently reconstituted following a period 
of dormancy, will review past findings rendered by the NEPEC and by the 
California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council. They will also 
discuss recent trends in earthquake research that bear on the 
predictability of earthquake occurrence.

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    Meetings of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council 
are open to the public.

DATES: May 4, 2006, commencing at 1 p.m. and adjourning at 4 p.m. on 
May 5, 2006.
    Contact: Dr. Michael Blanpied, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 905, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 648-6696, 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 17, 2006.
Peter T. Lyttle,
Acting Associate Director for Geology.
[FR Doc. 06-3870 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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